DUBLIN'S GOT SOUL!
Laura Izibor interview
By Marsha Gosho Oakes
Known for spawning synchronised finger-clicking posterboys in groups of five, Dublin is hardly considered a soulful haven in Europe [or anywhere, for that matter] - but that’s all about to change. Well, one singer at a time: cue Laura Izibor. The 22 old curly-haired Irish soulstress fell in love with making music the minute she bought her first piano five years ago, with the prize money she won from a songwriting competition. The ball immediately began rolling towards the live circuit, she explains, “Growing up in Dublin, my manager had me doing gigs straight away when I was 16; on my own with just a keyboard or piano or whatever was available.”
